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Psalms 71:21
21You will increase my greatness, and comfort me once again.
Psalms 71:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
- New International Version (NIV)You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.
Context of Psalms 71:21
19For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to high heaven. You have done great things— O God, who is like You? 20You made me see many troubles and evils —You will revive me again— from the depths of the earth You will bring me up again. You will increase my greatness, and comfort me once again. 22So I will praise You with the harp for your truth, O my God. I will sing praises to You with the lyre O Holy One of Israel. 23My lips will shout for joy —when I sing praises to You— and my soul, which You have redeemed.
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:21 word by word
תֶּ֤רֶב׀ גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י וְתִסֹּ֥ב תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 71:21
- Psalms 72:11So let all kings bow down before him, and all nations serve him.
- 2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. While David grew steadily stronger, the house of Saul grew steadily weaker.
- Isaiah 9:7Adonai sent a word to Jacob, and it fell upon Israel.
- Isaiah 49:6So He says, “It is too trifling a thing that You should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved ones of Israel. So I will give You as a light for the nations, that You should be My salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel trumpeted, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Anointed One. And He shall reign forever and ever!”
- Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness surrounds the one who trusts in Adonai.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4He encourages us in every trouble, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any trouble, through the very encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who in Messiah always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us reveals everywhere the aroma of the knowledge of Himself.
- 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us with the arrival of Titus;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks would be enough to offer to God, in return for all the joy we feel before our God because of you?
Commentaries on Psalms 71:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Thou shalt increase my greatness - Thou wilt restore me to my throne and kingdom; and it shall be done in such a way that all shall see it was the hand of God; and I shall have the more honor on the account. Comfort me on every side - I shall have friends in all quarters; and the tribes on all sides will support me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Thou shalt increase my greatness - Thou wilt not merely restore me to my former condition, but wilt enlarge my happiness, and wilt do still greater things for me. And comfort me on every side - literally, “Thou wilt turn thyself; thou wilt comfort me.” The word also means to surround; to encompass Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13; 1 Kings 7:24; Psalm 18:5; and the idea here may be that God would “go around him,” or encircle him, and would thus comfort him. This…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained thereby, shall be the chosen subject of his discourse. Not on a sabbath only, but on every day of the week, of the year, of his life. Not merely at stated returns of solemn devotion, but on every occasion, all the day long. Why will he always dwell on this? Because he knew not the numbers thereof. It is impossible to measure the value or the fulness of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Knowing God provides comfort also assures the poet of God's presence, care, and goodness (Psalms 23:4, 6; 86:17). God's comfort increases the psalmist's sense of being alive (see Psalm 119:50).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. Past experience again encourages. taught me, &c.--by providential dealings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 71
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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